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Martina BWC
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I take pictures - I read books - Daily photos - Daily quotes. The rest is cattle, hydrants, rugby, tech and security.
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Do you think I particularly like you?
Do you think I particularly like you?
"Do you think I particularly like you?" - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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Day 21: hawfinch. A terror than even greenfinch don't provoke. #artadventcalendar #linoprint #birdart
December 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Day 10 - in May, I started prepping for an art exhibition in the Summer. First up was this octopus who brings me so much joy ❤️🐙
#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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In Celtic lore the crow is associated with the Cailleach, the goddess or hag who personifies winter and the landscape. The Cailleach is often depicted with a crow as a companion, or having the ability to transform into one, linking her to themes of death, fate, and prophecy.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Day 21 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar

This shows six zinc fingers bound to a section of DNA, which helps to stabilise it. The zinc fingers are used to control transcription of the gene for ribosomal RNA.

More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/

#SciArt
December 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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vicesimo primo die Decembris, Minimus fistellam invenit. (On the 21st of December, Minimus finds a whistle.) #latinadventcalendar
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar
"Unicorn Beetle"
Rhinoceros Beetle hand embroidered thread painting artwork.
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p203/r...
#WildlifeArt #embroidery #FiberFriday
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Heute in Mainz - zum 125. Geburtstag von Anna Seghers: Carsten Jakobi und Florian Kappeler stellen den Band „Schreiben über Grenzen. Neue Perspektiven auf die transatlantischen Schriften von Anna Seghers" vor.
Mehr: rlp.rosalux.de/veranstaltun...
Zum Buch: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/schreib...
Schreiben über Grenzen - Anna Seghers als transnationale Autorin. - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Eine weltumspannende Erinnerung zum 125. Geburtstag
rlp.rosalux.de
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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"Praise the Sun"
2019, digital
Ever my choice for the Solstice.
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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On this darkest solstice day of the year, my heart has dimmed, waking up to learn of the loss of dear colleague and mentor, Yannick Mellier. Yannick will be known to most as the lead of the amazing Euclid Space Telescope which will revolutionise our understanding of the Dark Universe 🧵🔭
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Ein KI-generiertes Desinformationsvideo geht auf Facebook viral und nicht mal der Präsident des durch die Lüge betroffenen Landes kriegt es zügig von der Plattform.
Kaputt.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Fake video claiming ‘coup in France’ goes viral – not even Macron could immediately get it removed
Sometime in the second week of December, an improbable video began making the rounds on French-language social media. France, it claimed, was subject to a coup d’état, and President Emmanuel Macron ha...
www.france24.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Zugzwang [TSOOK-tsvahng]
(n.)
- A disagreeable position in which a chess player must make a move but cannot do so without considerable disadvantage.
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Oddvent Day 21.

At this point I’ve no idea what’s going on.

#ArtAdventCalendar #Illustrator #Advent #Art #Oddvent
December 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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#AshmoleanAdvent Day 21: Snowy Bridge

Today’s advent calendar treat is a woodblock print titled Yuhi Hill and Drum Bridge at Meguro by Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.

The unusual arched bridge in this wintry landscape was known as a ‘drum bridge’ because of its shape.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A passing thought in relation to the latest discussion of fake citations: this is going to accentuate pre-existing issues with citation practices. Not just the fact that some people, astonishingly, cite things they haven’t actually read, but biases in who gets cited. 1/3
December 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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For #artAdventCalendar day 20 evening very odd edition.

Bouquet of Noses
Pencil on paper
1992
December 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Nearly missed day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar but this Spotted Pardalote has just squeaked in under the wire (UK time). Departed from my usual spalshy wash backgrounds for this one as I really liked the stark contrast between the white and this amazing bird.

#BirdArt #SciArt #Illustration #Procreate
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Day 20 of making proteins for #ArtAdventCalendar

This is a TAL effector, a modular protein from bacteria that can read the sequence of bases in DNA. Scientists have harnessed it to target gene knockouts, or insert new genes.

More projects: e-nox.net/portfolio/

#SciArt
December 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar no17

Mein erstes Weihnachtsmotiv vor ein paar Jahren.

Wie immer mit Finger auf Smartphone gezeichnet, kein AI.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar no19

Wie immer gilt: mit Finger auf Smartphone gezeichnet, kein AI.
December 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Woodchuck. Day 21 of #artadventcalendar.

If life was as simple as a woodchuck eating an Apple would we all be happy?

#painting #wildlifeart
December 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM